I would imagine that many of these names were coined decades ago, possibly before long haul international flights were even a thing. That different places happened to choose the same prefix for an ai… (View Post)

They are 5 character (all caps) names. Collisions are pretty likely: head to https://opennav.com/search & search for PINTO. You’ll get three responses. Eliminating them requires two (or three) di… (View Post)

It sounds like an error path was hit that hadn’t been accounted for, so when the code threw an exception it halted altogether. As it should do in that case of course. The full report is here: https:/… (View Post)

I’ve honestly never had a problem with it - it just works. Clutch down, engine starts before you have time to do anything else, off you go. There’s a light on the dash to tell you that it’s decided t… (View Post)

Oxbridge colleges cost a sodding fortune to keep running. Without their endowments, they’d all be bankrupt from the maintenance burden. (View Post)